You know..... like HP sauce
2007-09-17 03:49:29 · 30 answers · asked by Kelly J 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Houses of Parliament (see label and picture of said place).
2007-09-17 03:52:40 · answer #1 · answered by SYJ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Garton called the sauce HP because he had heard that a restaurant in the Houses of Parliament had begun serving it. For many years the bottle labels have carried a picture of the Palace of Westminster. Garton sold the recipe and HP brand for the sum of £150 and the settlement of some unpaid bills to Edwin Samson Moore. Moore, the founder of the Midlands Vinegar Company (the forerunner of HP Foods) subsequently launched HP Sauce in 1903.
2007-09-17 03:53:30 · answer #2 · answered by JustJem 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
HP Sauce became known as "Wilson's Gravy" in the 1960s and 1970s after Harold ... Private Eye's Parliamentary news section is called "HP Sauce" .
2007-09-17 03:54:33 · answer #3 · answered by versace_girl_2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HP Sauce, House of Parlimant, is a condiment; a popular brown sauce formerly produced in Aston, Birmingham, England, by HP Foods but now produced by H.J. Heinz in Elst, the Netherlands. It has a malt vinegar base blended with fruit and spices and is usually eaten as an adjunct to hot or cold savoury food, or used as an ingredient in soups or stews. It is the most well known brand of brown sauce in the United Kingdom.
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2007-09-17 03:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
HP originally produced vinegar at its Birmingham factory. They were owed a large debt by a vinegar chappy in Nottingham and went to try and get the money from him. When they walked into the shop, they saw a sign that said Gartons HP sauce (Garton being the chap who owed them the money) and immediately took that name for their sauce.
2007-09-17 03:57:32 · answer #5 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This stands for Houses of Parliament. This is evidenced by the picture on the label of Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster behind it.
The sauce-makers in question originally wished to align themselves with a British institution. In my humble opinion, they have, in the process, become a British institution. Lovely on bacon and egg!
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2007-09-17 03:54:02 · answer #6 · answered by on2mobi.com 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HP Foods is now part of the H.J. Heinz Company Limited.
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HP Sauce is a condiment; a popular brown sauce formerly produced in Aston, Birmingham, England, by HP Foods but now produced by H.J. Heinz in Elst, the Netherlands
Take your pick.
2007-09-17 03:59:55 · answer #7 · answered by wineduchess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hit Points
2007-09-17 03:54:44 · answer #8 · answered by Rich 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hot pepper sauce from house of parliment.
2007-09-17 20:47:08 · answer #9 · answered by mangal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hewlett Packard?
2007-09-17 04:08:13 · answer #10 · answered by andy t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋